Impact of varying debris cover thickness on ablation: A case study for Koxkar Glacier in the Tien Shan

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-386

  Juen, M ^a   Mayer, C ^a   Lambrecht, A ^a   Han, H ^b   Liu, S ^b  

^a BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEBRIS; ICE FIELD; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84896803583     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-377-2014     Document Type: Article

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